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The Maroon VOL. VIII LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1929 No. b LOYOLA DEBATERS WILL BE SELECTED AFTER CHRISTMAS New Members Are Admitted Into Society at Trials This Week The members of the Loyola Delving team will be chosen on Tuesday evening. January 7, at three p. m., according to an announcement hi Rev. A. J. de Monsabert, faculty director of the debating society and coach of the local forensic team. At this time, an open-house discussion will be held in Marquette hall among the contestants from the forensic club on the subject: "Resolved, That the powers should have complete disarmament for police purpose.,' The debaters who w'H be chosen at this contest will represent the university in the season's contests against the teams of the opposing colleges. Among the home debates which have been already scheduled are those with Baylor, Wyoming, and Loyola of Chicago. The Baylor contest, which is the first on the schedule, will take place in the latter part of February. A tour will also be made in April, when the local squad will oppose Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. The tour of the Loyola team will last from three to five days, it has been announced. Ten new members were admitted into the Debating Cociety at the annual trials which were held at noon on Monday and Tuesday in Maruuette hall. Those selected on Monday included: Leo Blessing, John Dullenty, Gilbert Vincent, Felicien Loses, Leo Zinser, Robert Hunter and Victor Choppin. George Leppert, Lester Ducote, Monell Segura, and John Scheurmann were admitted on Tuesday. These students will compete along with the other members for positions on the university team in the competition which will be held next month. Law Classes to Compete For Trophies Next Month The entire student body of the Loyola law department will compete in an examination on Sunday, January 5, for the four silver loving cups which have been offered by Judge William H. Byrnes, dean of the department, as an incentive for further interest in the studies of the legal profession. The subject matter of the contest will be the first two books of the Civil Code of Louisiana and the contestants will include members of day and night classes. A loving cup will be given to the student with the highest average in each of the three classes, while the major award of the competition will go to the best paper of the entire department. GLEE CLUB BROADCASTS OVER LOYOLA RADIO STATION The Loyola Glee Club, under the direction of Mr. Paul Jacobs, made its initial appearance of the present school session over the university station on Thursday night, December litth. Tile program consisted of a series of Christmas numbers. According to the number of telegrams and letters received by the station, the organization pleased a large number of fans, both local and distant. An appropriate beginning was made by singing two local songs. "New Orleans" and "My Louisiana." This was followed by one of the most beautiful Christmas songs ever written: "Silent Night." Temple Black rendered a tenor solo, "Cantique de Noel." The whole club then sang "The Bells of St. Mary's." The next m 'libt'i, w a "Nazareth." rendered by Francis Achee. Mr. Guy Bernard, accompanist for the club, then gave a piano solo, "Oh Sanetissima." After Mr. Jacobs, the director had delivered several numbers over the microphone, the concert closed with that old favorite, "Adeste Fidelei." MAROON Inaugurates Editorial System For Future Issues of Publication lietrinniiiti' with the next issue of the Maroon, the Loyola publication will be under the editorial direction and management of ;i different member of the. start' for each individual edition. This method is in accordance with the plan adopted at the final meeting of the Student Publication Board last year and will have effect immediately following the Christmas vacations. The plan will enable the various member! to familiarize themselves with the newspaper routine as well as equally distribute the editorial work. Such an innovation will involve no changes in the personnel of the present editorial staff but will give to each of the writers an opportunity to publish the university paper in conjunction with the present editors. Several additions have been made to the number of staff writers in the past week. Notable among these is the securing of Dick Drown, former editor of the Maroon and a Loyola graduate of last year, who will edit an alumni section beginning with the present issue. Due to the withdrawal of Miss Aline Leftwich frim the university, the social section is now under the direction of Miss Neomie Salatich, a junior in the Dentistry department. Ather reporters who have been recently added to the staff include Lawrence Babst of the Arts and Science department and Miss Helen Stopper of the Pharmacy classes. COMMERCE GROUP IS ADDRESSED BY LOCAL ECONOMIST Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded Annually to Students By Accountants Mr. Archie Smith, former president of the Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants and noted! local economist addressed the combined commerce classes of the university at a lecture held last Friday morning at 1 1 o'clock in the auditorium of Marquette Hall. The address was one of a scries of lectures which have been scheduled by the faculty in order to familiarize the local students with business conditions and methods In the field of ■nmme ce. A feature of the lecture by Mr. Smith was the announcement that the Louisiana society of accountants had determined to award two cash prizes of fifty and twenty-five dollars each to the two seniors of the Loyola commerce department who will have produced the best grades ),,,. their four years' study at the university. These awards will be given annually at the commencement exercise*, it was announced. Following the announcement of the annual awards. Mr. Smith explained to the students the possibilities of future success for accountants in the work of commerce and finance. The idea of securing certified public accountants, he declared, is not to keep worthy men from the field of accountancy but rather to restrict the number to those who are qualified, in order to keep pace with j the trend of progress in every other method of industry. ANNUAL SPANISH DEBATE TO BE HELD TODAY The Spanish Club of Loyola will | hold an interchips debate between j the members of the freshman and i sophomore Spanish classes this : morning at 11 o'clock in Marquette hall. The subject of the discussion will be: "Resnlver. That Spain, rather than England is the mother of American civilization." The affirmative will be discussed by the freshmen, whle the seniors will uphold the negative. The speakers for the freshman class will be Vondel Franten, William Zinser and William von Lubbe who will oppose the negative team of Henry Oulliber, Robert Ainsworth and Raymond Bosworth. The debate is an annual event in the Spanish department and will be held un- i ' der the supervision of Miss Jessie Montejo, head of the Spanish group and teacher of foreign languages at the university. UNIVERSITY IS ADMITTED INTO ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES Loyola University was granted membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools at the annual convention held on Saturday. Decmeber 7th in Lexington, Kentucky; according to an announcement of Rev. J. H. Hynes. S. ■).. dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of the university. The convention was held under the auspices of the University of Kentucky and included anions; its delegates Father Hynes and the Rev. Florence Sullivan, S. -1., president of Loyola. Membership in the Southern association carries with it a universal recognition of degrees and honors throughout the country and places Loyola upon an equal basis of repres-4:it":op with -imv mivpreity '" +1,- United States. Father Hynes explained that, while the degrees and credits as a whole which were conferred at Loyola had already been recognized almost unanimously prior to the securing of membership, the latter position carries with it a technical rating which guarantees such acceptance and recognition in the future. THESPIANS Continue Rehearsals of Plays To Be Presented After Holidays The Thespian presentation of two one-act plays has been postponed until immediately following the holidays, according to Alfred J. BonomCD, faculty director and dramatic coach of the Loyola society. The plays which will he presented in the auditorium of Marquette Hall at a date to be announced later, will include a comedy and a dramatic presentation. The comedy will be "Too Much Married" by Charles K. Towniend, while the dramatic sketch is "Barbara," written by Jerome K. .Jerome. The plays are under the direction of "Doc" Bonomo assisted by Paul Gan- Ucheau and Gerard Rault, senior members of the Thespians. Rehearsals, which have been held throughout the past two weeks will lie continued during the holidays, it has been announced. The varioui male roles in the presentations will be portrayed by the members of the Thespians and the female parts will be carried by the members of the Thespians Auxiliary Society. The cast of characters which has been selected for the comedy includes: Carl Buchmann, Bentley Byrnes, Clyde de !a Houssaye, Emily Nunez and Mabel Fatjo; while the roles in "Barbara" will be enacted by Marian Oulliber, Mildred Shonekas, Robert A ins worth and Timothy Duggan. STUDENT COUNCIL SCHEDULES EVENTS IN LOWER CLASSES Dates And Subjects Selected For Future Hausmann Competition The concluding events of the Hausmann trophy competition between the tophomore and freshman classes of the university will Include an. essay, a debate, a soccer ball tournament and a basketball game, accord- Ing tCD the schedule announced on Wednesday by Gerard Rault, president of the university Student Council. These events, together with the tug-oi'-war which has been already \\\iv liy the ipohomorea, constitute thev .: '•' (I list of contests for the I iD m\v acquisition of the silver matic of lower class 5u..ii.,.v.. . ■ — The second event on the schedule of contest- is the essay competition which will he concluded on January 15th. The subject of the essay will be "College Spirit" and the various papers will consist of from one thousand to fifteen hundred words each on this selected topic. The essaywill he judged by a committee of faculty members, who will grade the contestants for the final result. While the papers of the essay are being considered, the classes will meet in a soccer ball tournament of three games on January 10th, 17th and -J-lth. In this tournament the victor in two games of the three will be adjudged the winner of the event. The annual basketball game between the lower classes will take place on February 2nd in the Loyola gymnasium, while the final event of the competition will be held at 8 p. m. on Febraury 14th, when the sophomores and freshmen meet in the public debate in the auditorium of Marquette Hall. The subject of the discussion will lie announced later together with the names of the individual contestants. Christinas Holidays Begin Today in All Departments The Christmas vacations will begin today for the students in all Loyola departments, according to the announcements of the deans and regents of the various colleges. Following conclusion of the last lecture today, classes will be adjourned for two weeks until after the advent of the new year. Lectures will be resumed at the university on January 3rd in the four departments of Law, Pharmacy. Arts and Sciences and Dentistry. Following the vacations the students will return to their work for a brief period of study in preparation for the semi-annual examinations which will be held at Loyola in the latter part of January. U. S. POSTAGE lc Paid New Orleans, La, Permit No. 716

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The Maroon VOL. VIII LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1929 No. b LOYOLA DEBATERS WILL BE SELECTED AFTER CHRISTMAS New Members Are Admitted Into Society at Trials This Week The members of the Loyola Delving team will be chosen on Tuesday evening. January 7, at three p. m., according to an announcement hi Rev. A. J. de Monsabert, faculty director of the debating society and coach of the local forensic team. At this time, an open-house discussion will be held in Marquette hall among the contestants from the forensic club on the subject: "Resolved, That the powers should have complete disarmament for police purpose.,' The debaters who w'H be chosen at this contest will represent the university in the season's contests against the teams of the opposing colleges. Among the home debates which have been already scheduled are those with Baylor, Wyoming, and Loyola of Chicago. The Baylor contest, which is the first on the schedule, will take place in the latter part of February. A tour will also be made in April, when the local squad will oppose Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma. The tour of the Loyola team will last from three to five days, it has been announced. Ten new members were admitted into the Debating Cociety at the annual trials which were held at noon on Monday and Tuesday in Maruuette hall. Those selected on Monday included: Leo Blessing, John Dullenty, Gilbert Vincent, Felicien Loses, Leo Zinser, Robert Hunter and Victor Choppin. George Leppert, Lester Ducote, Monell Segura, and John Scheurmann were admitted on Tuesday. These students will compete along with the other members for positions on the university team in the competition which will be held next month. Law Classes to Compete For Trophies Next Month The entire student body of the Loyola law department will compete in an examination on Sunday, January 5, for the four silver loving cups which have been offered by Judge William H. Byrnes, dean of the department, as an incentive for further interest in the studies of the legal profession. The subject matter of the contest will be the first two books of the Civil Code of Louisiana and the contestants will include members of day and night classes. A loving cup will be given to the student with the highest average in each of the three classes, while the major award of the competition will go to the best paper of the entire department. GLEE CLUB BROADCASTS OVER LOYOLA RADIO STATION The Loyola Glee Club, under the direction of Mr. Paul Jacobs, made its initial appearance of the present school session over the university station on Thursday night, December litth. Tile program consisted of a series of Christmas numbers. According to the number of telegrams and letters received by the station, the organization pleased a large number of fans, both local and distant. An appropriate beginning was made by singing two local songs. "New Orleans" and "My Louisiana." This was followed by one of the most beautiful Christmas songs ever written: "Silent Night." Temple Black rendered a tenor solo, "Cantique de Noel." The whole club then sang "The Bells of St. Mary's." The next m 'libt'i, w a "Nazareth." rendered by Francis Achee. Mr. Guy Bernard, accompanist for the club, then gave a piano solo, "Oh Sanetissima." After Mr. Jacobs, the director had delivered several numbers over the microphone, the concert closed with that old favorite, "Adeste Fidelei." MAROON Inaugurates Editorial System For Future Issues of Publication lietrinniiiti' with the next issue of the Maroon, the Loyola publication will be under the editorial direction and management of ;i different member of the. start' for each individual edition. This method is in accordance with the plan adopted at the final meeting of the Student Publication Board last year and will have effect immediately following the Christmas vacations. The plan will enable the various member! to familiarize themselves with the newspaper routine as well as equally distribute the editorial work. Such an innovation will involve no changes in the personnel of the present editorial staff but will give to each of the writers an opportunity to publish the university paper in conjunction with the present editors. Several additions have been made to the number of staff writers in the past week. Notable among these is the securing of Dick Drown, former editor of the Maroon and a Loyola graduate of last year, who will edit an alumni section beginning with the present issue. Due to the withdrawal of Miss Aline Leftwich frim the university, the social section is now under the direction of Miss Neomie Salatich, a junior in the Dentistry department. Ather reporters who have been recently added to the staff include Lawrence Babst of the Arts and Science department and Miss Helen Stopper of the Pharmacy classes. COMMERCE GROUP IS ADDRESSED BY LOCAL ECONOMIST Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded Annually to Students By Accountants Mr. Archie Smith, former president of the Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants and noted! local economist addressed the combined commerce classes of the university at a lecture held last Friday morning at 1 1 o'clock in the auditorium of Marquette Hall. The address was one of a scries of lectures which have been scheduled by the faculty in order to familiarize the local students with business conditions and methods In the field of ■nmme ce. A feature of the lecture by Mr. Smith was the announcement that the Louisiana society of accountants had determined to award two cash prizes of fifty and twenty-five dollars each to the two seniors of the Loyola commerce department who will have produced the best grades ),,,. their four years' study at the university. These awards will be given annually at the commencement exercise*, it was announced. Following the announcement of the annual awards. Mr. Smith explained to the students the possibilities of future success for accountants in the work of commerce and finance. The idea of securing certified public accountants, he declared, is not to keep worthy men from the field of accountancy but rather to restrict the number to those who are qualified, in order to keep pace with j the trend of progress in every other method of industry. ANNUAL SPANISH DEBATE TO BE HELD TODAY The Spanish Club of Loyola will | hold an interchips debate between j the members of the freshman and i sophomore Spanish classes this : morning at 11 o'clock in Marquette hall. The subject of the discussion will be: "Resnlver. That Spain, rather than England is the mother of American civilization." The affirmative will be discussed by the freshmen, whle the seniors will uphold the negative. The speakers for the freshman class will be Vondel Franten, William Zinser and William von Lubbe who will oppose the negative team of Henry Oulliber, Robert Ainsworth and Raymond Bosworth. The debate is an annual event in the Spanish department and will be held un- i ' der the supervision of Miss Jessie Montejo, head of the Spanish group and teacher of foreign languages at the university. UNIVERSITY IS ADMITTED INTO ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES Loyola University was granted membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools at the annual convention held on Saturday. Decmeber 7th in Lexington, Kentucky; according to an announcement of Rev. J. H. Hynes. S. ■).. dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of the university. The convention was held under the auspices of the University of Kentucky and included anions; its delegates Father Hynes and the Rev. Florence Sullivan, S. -1., president of Loyola. Membership in the Southern association carries with it a universal recognition of degrees and honors throughout the country and places Loyola upon an equal basis of repres-4:it":op with -imv mivpreity '" +1,- United States. Father Hynes explained that, while the degrees and credits as a whole which were conferred at Loyola had already been recognized almost unanimously prior to the securing of membership, the latter position carries with it a technical rating which guarantees such acceptance and recognition in the future. THESPIANS Continue Rehearsals of Plays To Be Presented After Holidays The Thespian presentation of two one-act plays has been postponed until immediately following the holidays, according to Alfred J. BonomCD, faculty director and dramatic coach of the Loyola society. The plays which will he presented in the auditorium of Marquette Hall at a date to be announced later, will include a comedy and a dramatic presentation. The comedy will be "Too Much Married" by Charles K. Towniend, while the dramatic sketch is "Barbara," written by Jerome K. .Jerome. The plays are under the direction of "Doc" Bonomo assisted by Paul Gan- Ucheau and Gerard Rault, senior members of the Thespians. Rehearsals, which have been held throughout the past two weeks will lie continued during the holidays, it has been announced. The varioui male roles in the presentations will be portrayed by the members of the Thespians and the female parts will be carried by the members of the Thespians Auxiliary Society. The cast of characters which has been selected for the comedy includes: Carl Buchmann, Bentley Byrnes, Clyde de !a Houssaye, Emily Nunez and Mabel Fatjo; while the roles in "Barbara" will be enacted by Marian Oulliber, Mildred Shonekas, Robert A ins worth and Timothy Duggan. STUDENT COUNCIL SCHEDULES EVENTS IN LOWER CLASSES Dates And Subjects Selected For Future Hausmann Competition The concluding events of the Hausmann trophy competition between the tophomore and freshman classes of the university will Include an. essay, a debate, a soccer ball tournament and a basketball game, accord- Ing tCD the schedule announced on Wednesday by Gerard Rault, president of the university Student Council. These events, together with the tug-oi'-war which has been already \\\iv liy the ipohomorea, constitute thev .: '•' (I list of contests for the I iD m\v acquisition of the silver matic of lower class 5u..ii.,.v.. . ■ — The second event on the schedule of contest- is the essay competition which will he concluded on January 15th. The subject of the essay will be "College Spirit" and the various papers will consist of from one thousand to fifteen hundred words each on this selected topic. The essaywill he judged by a committee of faculty members, who will grade the contestants for the final result. While the papers of the essay are being considered, the classes will meet in a soccer ball tournament of three games on January 10th, 17th and -J-lth. In this tournament the victor in two games of the three will be adjudged the winner of the event. The annual basketball game between the lower classes will take place on February 2nd in the Loyola gymnasium, while the final event of the competition will be held at 8 p. m. on Febraury 14th, when the sophomores and freshmen meet in the public debate in the auditorium of Marquette Hall. The subject of the discussion will lie announced later together with the names of the individual contestants. Christinas Holidays Begin Today in All Departments The Christmas vacations will begin today for the students in all Loyola departments, according to the announcements of the deans and regents of the various colleges. Following conclusion of the last lecture today, classes will be adjourned for two weeks until after the advent of the new year. Lectures will be resumed at the university on January 3rd in the four departments of Law, Pharmacy. Arts and Sciences and Dentistry. Following the vacations the students will return to their work for a brief period of study in preparation for the semi-annual examinations which will be held at Loyola in the latter part of January. U. S. POSTAGE lc Paid New Orleans, La, Permit No. 716